Actively Recruiting
Ultrasound for Healthy Aging
Led by The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio · Updated on 2025-11-17
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Participants Needed
1
Research Sites
61 weeks
Total Duration
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Sponsors
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The University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
Lead Sponsor
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Xprize Foundation
Collaborating Sponsor
AI-Summary
What this Trial Is About
The investigators will study the effects of an ultrasound bath device that uses low-frequency ultrasound on the healthy aging. Participants will have before and after ultrasound assessments of muscle and thinking skills, aging related to the immune system, and body make-up. The group that is assigned to get the ultrasound will have low-frequency ultrasound in a bathtub for 45 minutes, three times weekly for 8 weeks, and the control group will be in the bathtub without the ultrasound turned on.
CONDITIONS
Official Title
Ultrasound for Healthy Aging
Who Can Participate
Eligibility Criteria
You may qualify if you...
- Males and females aged 70 or older
- Body mass index (BMI) less than 40 kg/m2
- Ability to walk up a flight of stairs and climb a short ladder
- Ability to get in and out of a bathtub
- Willingness to follow the spa treatment schedule
You will not qualify if you...
- Body weight over 350 pounds, body girth 50 inches or more, or height 6 feet 8 inches or taller
- Medical conditions increasing risk as determined by the investigator
- Daily fecal or urinary incontinence
- Uncontrolled high blood pressure (over 180) or unstable vital signs
- Significant rash, open sores, boils, or infected wounds within two weeks before or during the study
- History of poor wound healing in lower limbs within the past two years
- Glycated Hemoglobin (Hgb) A1c level above 8.5%
- Use of ambulatory assistive devices
- Laboratory evidence of infection or colonization with multidrug resistant pathogens in the past 90 days
- History of heart attack or stroke within the past year
- History of non-compliance or substance addiction impacting study participation
- Unable to complete procedures at the first visit
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Trial Site Locations
Total: 1 location
1
University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
San Antonio, Texas, United States, 78229
Actively Recruiting
Research Team
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Blake Rasmussen, PhD
CONTACT
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Tiffany Cortes, MD
CONTACT
How is the study designed?
Study Type
INTERVENTIONAL
Masking
SINGLE
Allocation
RANDOMIZED
Model
PARALLEL
Primary Purpose
SUPPORTIVE_CARE
Number of Arms
2
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